Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-04-09
BILL kIE.


AsHEvuLE, v. c.
The following constitutes the items of great
interest occurrin. ou the east SIDE among the
coloresi people OF Blue Ruin:
Plum Beaslcy'S house caught ON fire last
Tuesday night He reck ms it was caused by
q defective fiue. for the fire caught in the
north wing. This Is one Of Pnm'S hon mots,
however He tries 10 make hsht OF II, but
the wood he has been using all winter was
white birch, and when he got Ing dose of
hickory at the same place last week It was 81
dark that he didn't notice the difference and
befor,e he knew it he had bigger fire than he
had allowed In the midst Of peasant flow
Of conversation gas coliccteSl in tl,c wood and
caused an explosion, which threw a passel VI
live Goals ON the bed The house was soon a
solid mass Of flame Nj. Beasley is still short
two children.
Mr.. Granulation Hicks, Of Boston, Mass +,
who has won deserved distinction in sdvanc-
ing the interests Of Sir George Pullman, of
Chicago, is here visiting his parents, Who re
side on Upper Homny. We are glad to see
Mr.. Hicks, and hope he may live long TO visit
Blue Ruin and prcpitiate up and down our
streets.
Miss Roseola Cariiman has just been the
recipient Of a beautiful pair Of chaste ear
hobs from her brother, VITO is night watch
man in a iewelry store run 10y a man named
Tiffany in New York Rosecla CLAIMS that
T6any makes a right smart Of her brother,
and sets a heap by him.
Whcopinp couch and horse diSte'nper are
again making fearful havoc among the better
class at the foo, Of Pizen Ivy avenue.
We ars panied to / arm that the free read
.--,oll,.h.Nl Anna lsvamaflDn
Browns store, has been closed ur by the po-
Ics Blue Ruin has clamored 70 a free tenn
psrsnce reading room and brat i retort for
0en wears, and now a ruction bel ween Two OF
our bes. known citizens, over the relative
p,srits Of q natural pair and dociored flush,
has called down the vengeance Of the author
ities end shut up what was credit to the
pluce and a quiet resort, whore young men
could come night after night and kind Of
eomplicate themselves at. There are two or
three men in this place that Will bully or Dust
everything thew can get into, and they have
perforated more outrages on Blue KUN than
we are entitled to put up with.
There was a successful doinSs AT the creek
list Sabbath. during which baptism was ad-
ministered to four grown people and dude
AN Sandy Mush. The pastor thinks II VIII
take frst rate though 1t l. still too som to tell
Surrender Adams got letter last FRIDAY
from his son Gladstone, who fled on home
steal near Porcupine, ID. l., two years ago
He saws they have had another OF those un-
preceiented winters there for which Dakota
is-so Justly celebrated. He thinks this one
has been even more 50 than any OF the others.
He wishes be was back here AT B!ue hum,
where q man can so out doors Tor nall an
hour without getting ostraclsed py the eie'
rnents. He says they brag good deal on
their ozone there, but he allows thai IL can te
oyer,1one He states that when the ozone III
Dakota Is feeling pretty well and humping
f,self and curling up sheet iron roofs ana
blowing trains or the track man has 10 tie
Q clotheslne to himself, with the outer end
fastened to the door knob, before IL Is SAFE 70
visit his own ben house. be SAYS that hi>
usarpst neighbor is seventeen miles away, and
. man might as well buy his own chickens as
70 fool his money away on seventeen miles oil
ciothesline.
II l. a first rate letter, and the old man
wonders who Gladstone got 70 write 1t Tor
him
The valuable ecru dog Of our distinguished
townsman, Mr.. Piedmont Babbt, was So
riously impaired last Saturday morning by
an east bound freight
He will not wriakle up his nose at another
freight train
Georre Wellington, Of Hickory. was IN
town the front end OF the week He has ac'
crpted a position in the livery, feed and sale
stable at Sandy Mush. Cali again, George.
Gabriel Brant met with a sad mishap fe"
days since while crossing the French Broad
river. bv which he lost his leg.
ANY one who may find an extra leg below
where the accident occurred will confer d
favor on Mr. Brant by returning same 10 No
O6Ik Pneumonia street II may be readlll
identified by any one, as it Is made OF an Old
pickhandle and weish four pounds.
J. Quincy Burns has written war article
for The Century Magazine, regarding bat
tie where he was at In this article he aims
10 describe the sensations nf man who 1,
ignorant Of physical fear and vet yearns to
have the matter submitted TO arhltration he
gives a thorough expose Of his Efforts an try
ING 10 find a suitable board of arbitration a
soon as be saw that the enemy telt hostile and
eager for the fray.
The forthcoming number Of The Century
will be eagerly snapped up 10y Ar. burns
friends who are familiar with his pleasing
and graphic style Of writing. He describes
with wonderful power the sense OF utter ex
ha,,stion which came over him and the feei
ing Of bitter disappointment when he realized
that be was too far away to participate IN the
battle and too fatigued to make further
search for suitable urbItrators--Bil Nye III
Boston Globe.
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